Claudia MANFREDI

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Claudia MANFREDI

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Claudia Manfredi is Associate Professor (discipline code ING-INF / 06 Biomedical Engineering) at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Firenze, Firenze, Italy.The research interests concern the development of efficient techniques of identification, modeling, analysis and classification of signals and images of biomedical interest.Within the analysis of biomedical signals the activity concerns in particular the study of the human voice with application to the newborn cry and adult voices for the detection and classification of neurological and vocal diseases, also in relation to other clinical parameters. The study is extended to the analysis of the singing voice for educational purposes and of occupational dysphonia for medico-legal aspects.In the field of image analysis the research deals with the development of contactless methods based on video recordings for automated analysis of movements. The applications concern the newborn for early diagnosis and treatment of neurological disorders, particularly those related to autism spectrum disorders, and the adult for the study of (micro) movements and facial expressions in patients with neurological disorders such as Parkinson's disease and subjects in vegetative / minimally consciousness state. The study also concerns the extraction of objective parameters from high-speed images of the vibration of the vocal folds, to support the clinical diagnosis.Research is carried out in collaboration with clinical and research centers both national and international (Firenze: Children Hospital A.Meyer, Nuovo S.Giovanni di Dio Hospital, IRCCS Don Gnocchi, Nursing Home Villa delle Terme, Pisa: Stella Maris Hospital, Rome: Institute of Health, Milan: Maggiore Hospital, Brussels: Univ. Libre and Inst. of Occupational diseases, Mexico: INAOE, Puebla) and is primarily aimed at the prevention, diagnosis and classification of diseases and rehabilitation after surgery of the vocal apparatus. The applications also cover occupational medicine, in particular as regards the effort vocal of call center employees and singers.On the subject of research concerning the study of the human phonatory apparatus, Prof. Manfredi organizes and coordinates since 1999 the series of international conferences: "International Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications", held every two years in Firenze and sponsored by IEEE-BME, Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, ISCA, AIIMB, INFM, AISV, Elsevier Ltd.

ORGANIZATION, MANAGEMENT AND COORDINATION OF NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL INITIATIVESProf. Manfredi:• Was the national delegate for Italy in the Management Committee of COST (international European program)action 2103 "Advances in Voice Function Assessment", 2006-2010.• Is member of the Editorial Board of the journal: Biomedical Signal Processing and Control, Elsevier Eds., since 2006• Is member of the Advisory Committee of the series of International Congresses "Pan European Conference VOice" (PEVOC).• Is in charge as Italian coordinator of the World Voice Day that is celebrated annually on April 16th all around the world with various events (www.world-voice-day.org) and organized the events in Firenze in 2013 (Aula Magna Rector) and in 2014 (L. Cherubini Conservatory).• Is in charge of projects financed by Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze: "Analysis of signals and images for biomedical applications", (2007), "Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Biomedical Acoustics -LIAB", funded by the 'Ente Cassa di Risparmio Firenze (2008-2009 / 2010-2011), "Study of occupational voice disorders" (2011-2012), "Markerless system for automatic analysis of audio and video signal as an aid to diagnosis and rehabilitation. Application to Parkinson's disease "(2013).• is Head of Firenze Unit in the project GR 2008 "Not Invasive Tools for Early Detection of Autism Spectrum Disorders", funded by the Italian Ministry of Health.• Is scientific coordinator of national research projects (ex MURST 60%) since 1990.• Founded the Interdisciplinary Laboratory of Acoustics Biomedical (LIAB) (2008)• is the author of the chapter "Voice Analysis" in the Encyclopaedia of Biomedical Engineering, Wiley Ed., 2006.• Is Guest Editor of special issues of journals: Acoustics-Acta Acustica (Europ. Acoust. Assoc.), Medical Engineering and Physics (Elsevier Ltd.) and Biomedical Signal Processing and Control (Elsevier Ltd.), 2002, 2006, 2009 , 2011, 2013, 2015 dedicated to the 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th Workshop MAVEBA respectively, organized in Firenze in 2001-2013.• Is organizer, scientific coordinator and Editor of the Proceedings of the International Workshops: "International Workshop on Models and Analysis of Vocal Emissions for Biomedical Applications", Firenze, 1999-2013. (Firenze University Press Ed.)• On invitation of the IET association has served as Chairman of the 4th IET Conference, Santa Margherita Ligure, La Spezia, Italy, 14-16 July 2008.• Hosted internationally renowned scholars (Prof. H.Mahdi, IR, Prof. O.Fujimura, USA, Prof. U. Laine, FI, Prof. PH Dejonckere, BE, J. Schoentgen, BE, Prof. K. Iszdebski , CA, USA, Prof. SD Cano Ortiz, Cuba, Prof. CA Reyes Garcia, MX, establishing scientific collaborations.•Has served in committees for national competitions for university researcher position and for International PhDs (Limerick, IR, Bhopal, India, Kaunas, LT).• Is referee for several journals and international conferences.• Is frequently invited as chairperson in national and international congresses.• Is frequently invited to give lectures, seminars and invited talks in Italy and abroad